Rupert Hughes
American writer (1872-1956) · United States · On the map · Writers · Died at 84
Rupert Raleigh Hughes was an American novelist, film director, Oscar-nominated screenwriter, military officer, and music composer. He was the brother of Howard R. Hughes Sr. and uncle of billionaire Howard R. Hughes Jr.
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Eleanor Boardman Rupert directed Souls for Sale and True as Steel
Helene Chadwick Rupert directed Reno (1923)
Aileen Pringle Rupert directed Souls for Sale and True as Steel
George Walsh Rupert directed Souls for Sale and Reno
Lew Cody Rupert directed Souls for Sale and Reno
Dale Fuller Rupert directed Souls for Sale and Reno
Claude Gillingwater Rupert directed Souls for Sale and Remembrance
Kate Lester Rupert directed Remembrance (1922)
Alfred Santell Directed The Patent Leather Kid (1927)
Kathleen Key Rupert directed Reno (1923)
Charlie Chaplin Rupert directed Souls for Sale (1923)
Mary Pickford Produced Johanna Enlists (1918)
Samuel Goldwyn Produced The Winning of Barbara Worth (1926)
Richard Dix Rupert directed Souls for Sale (1923)
ZaSu Pitts Rupert directed Souls for Sale (1923)
Anita Stewart Rupert directed Souls for Sale (1923)
Claire Windsor Rupert directed Souls for Sale (1923)
Florence Vidor Rupert produced Souls for Sale (1923)
Victor Potel Rupert directed Reno (1923)
Elliott Dexter Rupert directed Souls for Sale (1923)
Lothar Mendes Directed Ladies' Man (1931)
Cullen Landis Rupert directed Remembrance (1922)
Richard Stanton Directed Graft (1915)
Wesley Barry Also in Johanna Enlists and The Unpardonable Sin
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Still from the American film Remembrance with Patsy Ruth Miller, Claude Gillingwater, and Cullen Landis
Rupert Hughes (far right) directing one of his stories, Goldwyn Studios, Culver City, circa 1920s
Rupert Hughes (left) with Director Herbert Brenon in 1917
Rupert Hughes (top center) as he appeared with other Hollywood notables in a 1921 Vanity Fair caricature by Ralph BartonAbout this person
His three-volume scholarly biography of George Washington broke new ground in demythologizing Washington and was well received by historians. A staunch anti-Communist, in the 1940s he served as president of the American Writers Association, a group of anti-Communist writers.
